TEHRAN (defapress) - French authorities have stepped up security measures near religious sites after deadly attacks against two mosques in New Zealand left 49 people dead, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Friday.
News ID: 76209 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) - Moscow believes that an act of Western sabotage was the reason behind the recent large-scale power outage in Venezuela, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.
News ID: 76208 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) - Pope Francis assured "all New Zealanders, and in particular the Muslim community, of his heartfelt solidarity," after Friday´s attacks on two mosques which left 49 people dead.
News ID: 76207 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a tweet hours after twin terrorists attack on two mosques in New Zealand on Friday, lamented that anti-Muslim comments like those of US President Donald Trump have led to attacks on mosques and violence against Muslims.
News ID: 76205 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress)- The Russian section of the US Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights uses ‘pseudo-documentary’ information and Russophobic cliches, the Russian foreign ministry said, commenting on the report.
News ID: 76204 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iran’s Economy Minister Farhad Dejpasand said that Tehran-Baku cooperation will go beyond infrastructure projects, adding that the two countries are determined to broaden ties in almost all areas.
News ID: 76203 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress)- The Senate voted on Thursday to nix President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to construct the US-Mexico border wall, setting up the first veto battle with his White House.
News ID: 76201 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) – Pakistani Minister for Power, Omar Ayub Khan, has lauded Iran Power Generation and Transmission Company (Tavanir) for supplying uninterrupted electricity supply to Pakistan.
News ID: 76199 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in a phone conversation with Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Tehmina Janjua called for de-escalation and a peaceful resolution of the conflicts between India and Pakistan
News ID: 76197 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) - Venezuela says the US and the country’s Washington-backed opposition are behind a “terrorist attack” on an oil facility in the crisis-hit Latin American state.
News ID: 76196 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) – Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has awarded Major General Ghasem Soleimani with the Order of Zulfaqar, which is the highest military order in Iran.
News ID: 76195 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran has rebuked France’s irresponsible use of its position in the United Nations Security Council to interfere in other countries’ affairs, calling on Paris to instead deal with the widespread discontent within its own country.
News ID: 76194 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
FM spox:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran has dismissed the US State Department’s annual human rights report, describing the US administration as the biggest violator of the Iranian people’s human rights.
News ID: 76193 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
Maj. Gen. Safavi:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, said the Americans, with a claim that Iran belongs to them, are seeking to return to Iran.
News ID: 76192 Publish Date : 2019/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) – Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Farhad Dejpasand said Iran intends to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan beyond infrastructure projects.
News ID: 76190 Publish Date : 2019/03/14
TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian and Russian air force units heavily pounded the militants' positions in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib in response to the offensives of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) in the demilitarized zone.
News ID: 76189 Publish Date : 2019/03/14
TEHRAN (defapress)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu a “tyrant” who kills Palestinian children, as a heated war of words between the two officials continues.
News ID: 76187 Publish Date : 2019/03/14
TEHRAN (defapress)- The European Parliament called on the EU to shut down Turkey membership talks, citing its crackdown on media and alleged human rights abuses. Ankara slammed the vote as a “meaningless” show by the far-right.
News ID: 76186 Publish Date : 2019/03/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – At least 5 people have been killed in a gas pipeline blast in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan, officials said.
News ID: 76185 Publish Date : 2019/03/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a massive drone combat and assault wargame, codenamed 'Ela Beit ul-Muqaddas-1' (Towards al-Quds), over the Persian Gulf waters, south of Iran, on Thursday.
News ID: 76184 Publish Date : 2019/03/14
